Odell was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.
Odell as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
#4,396 (23)
#3,256 (6)
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2024
#4,571 (22)
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#2,710 (6)
2023
#4,220 (25)
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2022
#4,701 (21)
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2021
#3,582 (31)
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2020
#3,497 (31)
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2019
#3,899 (27)
#3,937 (4)
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2018
#3,240 (35)
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2017
#2,840 (42)
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2016
#3,596 (30)
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2015
#4,407 (22)
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2014
#4,538 (21)
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2013
#4,981 (18)
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2012
#5,720 (15)
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2011
#5,945 (14)
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Odell as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2017
#15,902 (5)
1973
#6,666 (7)
1971
#6,619 (7)
1969
#7,471 (5)
1967
#4,982 (8)
1964
#5,008 (8)
1963
#2,619 (22)
1962
#3,293 (15)
1961
#5,309 (7)
1960
#4,773 (8)
1959
#3,436 (13)
1958
#2,862 (17)
1957
#3,309 (13)
1956
#3,048 (15)
1955
#2,839 (16)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1906 at #293.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1883.
In 2017, 11% of US babies named Odell were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
How common, country by country
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
US
Boys
2025
about 1 in 77,000
rare
England & Wales
Boys
2025
about 1 in 45,000
rare
Next year
On its recent trend, Odell is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 84,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 63,000 to 1 in 110,000.